Thomas Franks - Chef De Partie | No late Shifts

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Hart; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent catering company in Hook is seeking a Chef De Partie to join their team. The role involves working in a fast-paced kitchen, focusing on fresh ingredients and a rotating work schedule. Ideal candidates will have previous kitchen experience and a passion for food. This full-time position offers competitive compensation and a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Discounts at major retailers

Free meals on duty

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience at Chef De Partie or junior sous chef level.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable/good understanding of verbal and written English.
• Experience in a customer or food preparation environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team providing catering services to pupils and teachers.
• Produce food using fresh ingredients and cooking from scratch.
• Adhere to company food standards and control wastage.
• Follow Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies.

Skills

Interest in food

Customer service

Team player

Attention to detail

Understanding of food cost

Job description

Chef De Partie | No late Shifts Hook Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £ 27,264 per annum
Hours: 40 per week

A co-educational private day and boarding school located in Hampshire. Catering for 800 pupils and teachers from nursery to 18 years. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch, supper, morning snack & afternoon snack. There is a considerable amount of hospitality at this location. This is a term-time plus contract working 37 weeks plus 5.6 weeks holiday on top. This is a 7-day operation so working pattern will be 5 days out of 7. Additional benefit to this location is free parking on site.

Weekends on rotation working 2 weekends per 6 weeks

Shift timings 1030 - 1900

We are looking for a talented Chef De Partie to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Hook.

You will have previous experience of working within a fast-paced kitchen at CDP or junior sous chef level.

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key responsibilities:

• To work well in a team of chefs providing catering services to pupils and teachers
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

You will have the following skills:

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised Chef with attention to detail
• Understand the basics of food cost and wastage.

Knowledge / competencies:

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

Benefits

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.